New baby gorilla at Cheyenne Mountain Zoo
Posted on October 02, 2008 in Diabetes erectile dysfunction
Asha,a 13-year-old Western lowland gorilla at the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo, gave birth at 3:57 a.m. today. Little is known about her baby, though. Not wanting to disturb the first-time mom or the father, Rafiki, zoo staff did not immediately attempt to photograph or inspect the newborn up close. The gorilla birth comes nearly a year after the birth of Umande, a boy born to Kwisha on Feb. 18, 2006. Zoo staff hand-reared Umande after Kwisha failed to care for him. In October, Umande was sent to the Columbus Zoo in Ohio, where Lulu, a member of that zoo Cheap Generic Viagra
Mirror Test
Posted on July 11, 2008 in Diabetes erectile dysfunction
Can you pass the mirror test? The test gauges self-awareness by determining whether an animal can recognize its own reflection in a mirror as an image of itself. Animals which have passed the mirror test are Common Chimpanzees, Bonobos, orangutans, dolphins, pigeons and humans. Surprisingly, gorillas have not passed the test, although at least one specific gorilla, Koko, has passed the test; this is probably because gorillas consider eye contact an aggressive gesture and normally try to avoid looking each other in the face. Human children tend to fail this test until they are at least 1.5 to 2 years old . Dogs and 1 year old children, for example, usually react to a mirror in fear or curiosity, or simply ignore it, while birds often attack their own reflections. While this test has been extensively conducted on primates, there is also debate as to the value of the test as applied to animals who rely primarily on senses other than vision, such as dogs. Supposedly, a good way to test the self-awareness of your two-year old.